City Comparison
This view is for fair benchmarking, not leaderboard theater. The comparison badge reflects whether the cities are actually similar enough for a strong side-by-side read.
Reasonable comparison
This is directionally useful, but structural and data-coverage differences still matter.
Newport Beach scores 11 points higher than Placentia primarily because it shows better source transparency, lighter public burden, leaner spending allocation.
Newport Beach leads by 56 points on transparency.
Placentia leads by 25 points on public burden.
Newport Beach leads by 22 points on spending efficiency.
Newport Beach
66
/100
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Confidence: High
Reserves are trending upward
Newport Beach shows an improving reserve direction versus recent years.
Vendor concentration is elevated
29.6% of tracked payments flow to the top vendor, which is above the peer median.
Consulting spend is rising faster than staffing
Outside services growth leads staffing by 13.1 points.
Placentia
55
/100
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Confidence: Limited
Reserve trend is moving the wrong way
Reserve direction is declining, which reduces buffer room if revenue slows.
Administrative overhead is elevated
41.2% of tracked spend sits in administrative functions, above the peer baseline.
Vendor concentration is elevated
28.0% of tracked payments flow to the top vendor, which is above the peer median.
Default metrics favor per-resident or share-of-budget framing over raw dollars.
| Metric | Newport Beach | Placentia |
|---|---|---|
| GovMatrix score | 66/100 | 55/100 |
| Administrative overhead | 0.0% | 41.2% |
| Top vendor share | 29.6% | 28.0% |
| Budget growth YoY | 6.6% | 3.2% |
| Budget per resident | $5,254 | $2,522 |
| Confidence | High | Limited |
These six pillars make the overall score explainable instead of mystical.
Financial Stability
Newport Beach 70 • Placentia 63
Newport Beach: Improving reserves and 6.6% budget growth shape this pillar.
Placentia: Declining reserves and 3.2% budget growth shape this pillar.
Spending Efficiency
Newport Beach 66 • Placentia 44
Newport Beach: 0.0% administrative overhead and consulting growth drive this score.
Placentia: 41.2% administrative overhead and consulting growth drive this score.
Transparency
Newport Beach 87 • Placentia 31
Newport Beach: 3/4 documents are parsed into the current dataset.
Placentia: 0/1 documents are parsed into the current dataset.
Vendor Risk
Newport Beach 50 • Placentia 66
Newport Beach: 29.6% top-vendor share and 1 no-bid contracts affect this pillar.
Placentia: 28.0% top-vendor share and 0 no-bid contracts affect this pillar.
Trend / Anomaly
Newport Beach 61 • Placentia 74
Newport Beach: Contracted Services is the biggest growth area at 16.1%.
Placentia: Public Works is the biggest growth area at 8.0%.
Public Burden
Newport Beach 57 • Placentia 82
Newport Beach: $5,254 per resident frames the current adopted budget.
Placentia: $2,522 per resident frames the current adopted budget.
This chart highlights whether the overall budget trend and outside-services growth are moving together.
Newport Beach
3 machine-readable documents and 1 evidence-linked findings back this score.
Placentia
Limited source coverage means the score is heavily compressed toward neutral and should be treated as directional.